Thieves strip school exterior of metal

Thieves, over the weekend stripped the exterior of the Ayios Giorgios Lyceum in Larnaca of any metal they could find to sell for scrap, police said.

Schools are currently closed for summer.

Police said that in this instance, the thieves stole the school’s central heating pipes, the ventilators from the building’s air conditioning system and the pipes connected the water tanks on the roof.

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